Pluspetrol joined as a partner in two Vaca Muerta blocks, and the Government of Neuquén has already given its approval. The deal left about USD 13.9 million in contributions and taxes for the Argentine province, but what’s really interesting isn’t the amount: it’s what it confirms. The largest non-conventional formation in the hemisphere keeps attracting capital during the expansion stage, thirteen years after YPF began drilling in earnest. For Venezuelan readers, the question isn’t how big the deposit is, but what signals it sends to the regional economy and, above all, to the foreign exchange market and the crypto ecosystem where we all operate every day.